Hailsham Grange Hailsham • East Hailsham Grange

Vicarage Road, Hailsham BN27 1BL

An elegant Grade II* listed former vicarage, with adaptable accommodation and superb landscaped gardens, situated in the heart of this historic

Polegate mainline station: 3.8 miles, : 7.8 miles, : 16 miles : 30 miles, Tunbridge Wells: 34 miles

Ground floor: • dining room • drawing room • family room • inner hall way • kitchen • utility room • cloakroom • conservatory

First floor: • master bedroom with en suite shower room • 3 further double bedrooms • family bathroom

Second floor (in need of renovation): DESCRIPTION • 5 bedrooms Dating back to the 18th century, Hailsham Grange is one of the property has been sympathetically nurtured and improved with • bathroom most important buildings in the town, located next to St Mary’s contemporary fixtures and fittings, whilst retaining the basic plan Church and formerly serving as the vicarage. The property of the early 19th century. The well proportioned, light and spacious • cellar was probably built between 1701 and 1705 for the Rev. Odiarne accommodation retains many attractive period features and the Hooper, the incumbent vicar from 1753 to 1769. second floor former servants’ quarters offers scope for further improvement. • parterre-style walled gardens Haisham Grange is a striking red and grey brick house, combining • summer house the formality of the Queen Anne period with the Dutch influence of Granted its market town status by Henry III in 1252, Hailsham • carriage driveway William and Mary, with archetypical classical symmetry, graceful is well-located for the South Coast towns of Eastbourne and • about 0.48 acres lines and impressively-proportioned accommodation. Brighton, with Tunbridge Wells to the North. The town offers a wide choice of amenities, a football club, club, a country park The symmetrical facade with carriage driveway and parterre- and the , a 14 mile footpath and cycle way. style garden to the front immediately make a statement and the Further points of note include: Outside: • wide panel central entrance door with decorative architraves, • utility/boot room with a secondary staircase to the first and The gardens are a stunning feature of the property having been opening into an impressive dining room with columns and second floors, space for white goods and opening out to an previously opened to the public. Laid out in a traditional parterre traditional chequerboard marble floor, big sash windows, folding enclosed bricked courtyard, with a gate to the side; style, the majority of the garden stretches to the rear of the house, wooden shutters and a fireplace with marble surround; • master bedroom with a pretty fireplace, twin windows to the enclosed by a high brick wall. Comprising several distinct “rooms”, • formal dual-aspect drawing room featuring a Greek inspired front, an en suite shower room and a dressing area; divided by a mix of pleached hornbeam, hornbeam, clipped yew, carved marble fireplace and interesting bow recess to one end, • three further individual double bedrooms, two with fireplaces, low box hedging and wide brick pathways, bordered by deep with a sash window overlooking the rear garden and fitted with and a family bathroom on the first floor; herbaceous beds, it is an eclectic mix of colour and fragrance. discreet “secret” cupboards behind bookshelves; • substantial second floor, with far reaching views and five further • light-filled inner hallway with a sweeping balustrade staircase bedrooms and a bathroom, offering the potential to create A delightful summerhouse provides a pretty focal point towards rising up to a galleried landing; adaptable private accommodation, accessed via the back the back and other notable features include an inscribed stone • delightful study with a large sash window overlooking the garden, staircase if required; plaque over a water feature, and a stately mature yew tree in the built-in bookshelves and a pretty carved marble fireplace with • extensive cellar storage rooms. far corner. duck nest grate; • modern kitchen, fitted with a 4 oven Aga and a good range of The front gardens give a feeling of style and formality to the painted wood cupboards, island breakfast bar and French doors approach, behind a high brick wall with a magnolia, topiary, low within a big bay recess opening out to the garden; box hedging and a rose garden with a stone memorial feature. SITUATION Hailsham Grange is located next to St Mary’s Church in the heart Directions: From Heathfield head South on the A267, proceed of Hailsham town with its good selection of every day amenities, through and continue for about 9.7 miles to the Boship and a Waitrose supermarket minutes walk away. Eastbourne (7.8 roundabout at the intersection with the A22. Continue straight miles), Lewes (16 miles) and Brighton (30 miles) to the South, and ahead towards Eastbourne onto the Hailsham bypass and, after Tunbridge Wells (34 miles) to the North offer a further choice of about 0.6 miles, turn left onto Hempstead Lane and then right onto outlets. the Road to Hailsham town centre. At the traffic lights, bear left at the one way system, continuing into the High Street and Schools: Bedes Preparatory school in Eastbourne (7.8 miles) and Vicarage Road is the second turning on the left. The white gate to senior schools including Hailsham Community College, Eastbourne Hailsham Grange will be found on the left-hand side, immediately College, Brighton College, and Bedes in Upper Dicker. after the church.

Mainline rail: (3.8 miles) London Bridge from 1hr 31 Services: Gas-fired central heating, mains water, electricity and gas. minutes or London Victoria from 1 hour 26 minutes. Outgoings: Council (01892) 653311. Tax Band H.

Hailsham Grange, Hailsham Gross internal area (approx.) House - 427.8 sq m (4604 sq ft) (of which 67 sq ft is of restricted height) For identification only - Not to scale Restricted height © Trueplan (UK) Limited

Bedroom Store Bedroom 3.41 x 3.40 room 4.49 x 4.12 11'2'' x 11'1'' 14'8'' x 13'6''

Store room Bedroom Bedroom Bedroom Viewing: 4.31 x 3.87 4.31 x 3.58 4.31 x 3.31 Strictly by appointment with Savills on 01892 14'1'' x 12'8'' 14'1'' x 11'9'' 14'1'' x 10'10'' 507000. If there is any point which is of particular Store room importance to you, we invite you to discuss this with us, especially before you travel to view the property.

Cellar Second floor

Faimly room Bedroom Kitchen Conservatory 4.32 x 3.47 4.83 x 4.43 14'2'' x 11'4'' 15'10'' x 14'6'' 3.94 x 3.86 Bedroom 12'11'' x 12'8'' 4.17 x 3.19 4.26 x 3.92 13'8'' x 10'5'' Drawing room 13'11'' x 12'10'' 8.93 x 4.55 29'3'' x 14'11'' Dining room Bedroom Master bedroom Eaves x 4.30 6.25 4.50 x 4.35 4.68 x 4.37 access 20'6'' x 14'1'' Utility 14'9'' x 14'3'' 15'4'' x 14'4'' room

Ground floor First floor

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